The ETH Zurich AMS facilities: Performance parameters and reference materials

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 294, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-38

  Christl, M ^a   Vockenhuber, C ^a   Kubik, P W ^a   Wacker, L ^a   Lachner, J ^a   Alfimov, V ^a   Synal, H A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AMS facility report; AMS standards; MICADAS; TANDEM; TANDY

Indexed keywords

AMS FACILITY REPORT; CURRENT PERFORMANCE; ION BEAM PHYSICS; MICADAS; OPERATION PARAMETERS; PELLETRON; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; REFERENCE MATERIAL; TANDEM; TANDY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ACTINIDES;

EID: 84870931964     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.03.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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